Refractive Surgery News

A second phase 3 clinical trial of Eyenovia’s MicroStat fixed-combination formulation showed positive results and met its primary endpoint, according to a press release.

ATHENS, Greece — Early results of ReLEx small incision lenticule extraction for hyperopia and hyperopic astigmatism seem to indicate that the technique offers promising results.

ATHENS, Greece — Ten-year outcomes of keratoconus management with the Athens protocol, consisting of combined partial topography-guided PRK and cross-linking, show quality and stability, according to the specialist who created this method.

ATHENS, Greece — Myopic SMILE has become routine in the clinic of Pavel Stodulka, MD, PhD, and half of his refractive procedures are currently SMILE. At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, he speaks about results, gives pearls on how to best perform the procedure and gives an update on the multicenter study on hyperopic SMILE in which he is involved.

ATHENS, Greece — Implantation of the Presbia Flexivue Microlens showed good results at 6 months in a group of patients and may be a good option for spectacle-free everyday life, according to one surgeon.

ATHENS, Greece — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, talks about the superior outcomes of using topography-modified refraction as compared with clinical refraction in treating cylinder in myopic LASIK. He also summarizes the data of 10 years of cross-linking combined with partial topography-guided PRK — known as the Athens protocol — for progressive keratoconus.

ATHENS, Greece — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, talks about the superior outcomes of using topography-modified refraction as compared with clinical refraction in treating cylinder in myopic LASIK. He also summarizes the data of 10 years of cross-linking combined with partial topography-guided PRK — known as the Athens protocol — for progressive keratoconus.

ATHENS, Greece — A combination of PRK and accelerated corneal cross-linking, called PRK Xtra, may be a way to perform refractive surgery in eyes with suspicious corneal topography, according to a study presented at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting.

ATHENS, Greece — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Ioannis Pallikaris, MD, PhD, speaks about the troubled history of corneal inlays and gives his perspective on this still controversial method of correcting presbyopia.

ORLANDO — At the Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is meeting, George O. Waring IV, MD, shares pearls for optimizing enhancement procedures in patients whose refractive target was missed after IOL implantation.